The Invention of Surgery
The Secret of the Human Body
Season 1 Episode 1 of 2
Exploring the history of surgery from its rudimentary conception centuries ago up to the modern specialist procedures that take place today. Beginning with a look at the risks people took to understand the human anatomy, how they managed to control human blood flow and how French king Louis XIV helped surgery become a recognised science. Part one of two
The Invention of Surgery airs on PBS America at 5:40 PM, Wednesday 11 March. (Subtitles.)
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History